200 Up! (1 Viewer)

[lazza]

A big milestone reached for me this weekend, during a family camping holiday in North Yorkshire.

In just 3 days, I managed to add three species to my UK list (all at the same campsite!) taking my UK life list to 200 B :t:

The 200th species - common quail - was also my 442nd lifer.

 

[lazza]

For the record:

Red Grouse
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Common Quail
Common Pheasant
Taiga Bean Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Greylag Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Brant Goose
Barnacle Goose
Mute Swan
Bewick's Swan
Whooper Swan
Egyptian Goose
Common Shelduck
XXMuscovy DuckXX
Mandarin Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Garganey
Eurasian Teal
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Common Eider
Common Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Goosander
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated diver
Black-throated diver
Great Northern diver
Northern Fulmar
Manx Shearwater
Little Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Squacco Heron
Grey Heron
Little Egret
Northern Gannet
European Shag
Great Cormorant
Western Osprey
Red Kite
Western Marsh Harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Golden Eagle
Common Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Water Rail
Common Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Common Crane
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Pied Avocet
Northern Lapwing
European Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Eurasian Woodcock
Jack Snipe
Common Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Ruff
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Common Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
European Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Sandwich Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Great Skua
Little Auk
Guillemot
Razorbill
Atlantic Puffin
Rock Dove
Stock Dove
Common Wood Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Common Cuckoo
Western Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
Little Owl
Short-eared Owl
Common Swift
Common Kingfisher
European Bee-eater
Great Spotted Woodpecker
European Green Woodpecker
Lesser Grey Shrike
Great Grey Shrike
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Magpie
Western Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Northern Raven
Bohemian Waxwing
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit
Great Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
Bearded Tit
Eurasian Skylark
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
Common House Martin
Cetti's Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Yellow-browed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Goldcrest
Eurasian Wren
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian Treecreeper
Common Starling
Common Blackbird
Fieldfare
Redwing
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
European Robin
Black Redstart
Common Redstart
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Spotted Flycatcher
European Pied Flycatcher
White-throated Dipper
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Dunnock
Western Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Rock Pipit
Common Chaffinch
Brambling
European Greenfinch
Eurasian Siskin
European Goldfinch
Lesser Redpoll
Mealy Redpoll
Twite
Common Linnet
Red Crossbill
Eurasian Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Corn Bunting
Yellowhammer
Common Reed Bunting
Snow Bunting

 

[Farnboro John]

Muscovy Duck is not acceptable - sorry! Looks like 199 for a while longer. Reckon you should put some effort in for a Lesser Redpoll, they breed in the Peak District.

BTW Bearded Reedlings exist only in a few books - common usage is still Bearded Tit and is likely to continue to be so: as for Willow Ptarmigan - unknown in Britain, only Red Grouse here!

(Likewise Pied Wagtail, we only use White for migrants.)

John

 

[lazza]

Muscovy Duck is not acceptable - sorry! Looks like 199 for a while longer. Reckon you should put some effort in for a Lesser Redpoll, they breed in the Peak District.

BTW Bearded Reedlings exist only in a few books - common usage is still Bearded Tit and is likely to continue to be so: as for Willow Ptarmigan - unknown in Britain, only Red Grouse here!

(Likewise Pied Wagtail, we only use White for migrants.)

John

Didn't know that about Muscovy Duck.... the Excel list I have has it included. Any reason why it's not included, as I presume it's a self-sustaining population... like Mandarin duck...?

And now I think about it, the list also does not split Common and Lesser redpoll, so guess that keeps me at 200.... And as I've seen both White and Pied wagtail here in the UK, perhaps I can make that 201...?!

Think I need to find a new list, or spend some time tidying it up!! The one I use is a global species list I use which I can highlight by country, so I guess that explains the wrong terminology for some of the speices/local subspecies.

 

[chris butterworth]

"Common" Redpoll is called Mealy Redpoll in UK so, if you've seen the 'usual' Redpoll here ( Lesser ) and Mealies..... :t: Some nice birds on there ( crap names ...... but nice birds )
p.s. What's an Eurasian Rock Pipit? There's only one Rock Pipit

 

[lazza]

List edited!

 

[Farnboro John]

List edited!

Bravo! Enjoy your birding and I hope we are soon celebrating your 300.

John

 

[MarkHows]

Muscovy Duck is not acceptable - sorry! John

Well it should be, although introduced significant numbers exist in the UK and they breed regularly.

Reeve's Pheasant should also be added as well, there is a thriving population in the Brecks.

Mark

 

[Farnboro John]

Well it should be, although introduced significant numbers exist in the UK and they breed regularly.

Reeve's Pheasant should also be added as well, there is a thriving population in the Brecks.

Mark

But the BOURC was instructed by JNCC not to add Muscovy Duck. I know that seems odd when BOURC claims to be an independent scientific body, but for some reason they consulted JNCC (which is not an independent scientific body) before adding it when it was clear that it met the criteria for Cat C, and then decided not to put it on the list. The inference is clear.

I don't know what the Reeves's Pheasant population is in the Brecks. Perhaps the BOURC doesn't either.

John

 

[lazza]

Jncc?

 

[Farnboro John]

Jncc?

Joint Nature Conservancy Council. Gumment agency.

John